Sándor Petőfi

[Frederique]

Sándor Petőfi (Σάντορ Πέτοφι) (January 1, 1823 – most likely July 31, 1849), born as Alexander Petrovics was a Hungarian poet and revolutionary with Slovak origin, the author of "Nemzeti dal", the poem said to have inspired the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, in which he played a key role. He is considered Hungary's national poet. [...]



Portrait of Petőfi painted by Miklós Barabás

Poems published in Translatum:

• Fa leszek, ha... [Δέντρο να γίνω...]
• Fa leszek, ha... [English version | I'll be a tree]

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[Frederique]

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Sándor Petőfi, I'll be a tree

Fa leszek, ha fának vagy virága. Ha harmat vagy: én virág leszek. Harmat leszek, ha te napsugár vagy... Csak, hogy lényink egyesüljenek. Ha, leányka, te vagy a mennyország: Akkor én csillagá változom. Ha, leányka, te vagy a pokol: (hogy Egyesüljünk) én elkárhozom.

I'll be a tree, if you are its flower, Or a flower, if you are the dew- I'll be the dew, if you are the sunbeam, Only to be united with you. My lovely girl, if you are the Heaven, I shall be a star above on high; My darling, if you are hell-fire, To unite us, damned I shall die.